Accessible Everything

On the 27th May 2008 I blogged about Play&Tour and their new audio guides in Barcelona and beyond. Whilst in Barcelona I met with the company and discussed how we could move the project forward for people with disabilities. We have agreed to create a map with various routes without barriers for wheelchair users and clearly mark them on their PDF maps. As well as this we will also show the locations of establishments that have facilities for people with disabilities along each route.

In the near future we will also be testing routes with the Catalan Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired  to establish whether the audio guide may be useful for people with visual impairments. We are also looking at the possibility of creating a Universal GPS Guide for Barcelona that can be used by people with physical disabilities, blind, deaf and the wider general public. More details to come about this project later in the year or early 2009.

However, until this is available you can still download the general Barcelona audio guide for MP3 players, iPods and mobile phones here. 

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Well folks, after almost a month in Europe I’m finally back in Nicaragua and the weather is fantastic and hot to say the least. Whilst in Europe I didn’t have much time to update Accessible Everything, but now I should be back on the case.

Some of the things that I will be writing about will be:

Barcelona 

• A project with Play&Tour to create an MP3 Audio-Guide to Barcelona specifically aimed at people with physical disabilities.
• GoCar, a 3 wheeled car GPS Guided Tour that can be used by people with physical disabilities.
• A meeting with the Catalan Association of the Blind and Visually impaired with a view to bringing a small group of Spanish people with visual impairments to Nicaragua to undertake a responsible travel holiday.

United Kingdom

•  A review of a presentation that I did at Leeds Metropolitan University to Responsible Travel lecturers and Masters students about Inclusive Responsible Travel for people with disabilities.
• A review of the Euston Premier Inn, London.
• Although it’s been there for years, I also went on the London Eye for the first time, so I’ll be writing a short piece about that experience.

International 

• Traveling from the UK to Nicaragua with Continental Airways

Older stories that I never got around to Writing!

• More about my trip to Guatemala Easter 2008
• Hotel and destination reviews from India 2008

This week

• Today I’m heading to Managua as tomorrow is the opening of the Central American Travel Market. More info to come in the next few days.